Oceania Currents 12. Nuclear Testing in the Pacific: Truth-telling and Collective Memory
Between 1946 and 1996, the US, Great Britain and France tested over 300 nuclear weapons in the Pacific. The legacies of those nuclear weapons tests continue to affect Pacific Islanders and Islands today.
In this episode, we speak with Nic Maclellan, an Australian journalist who has worked on nuclear issues in the Pacific for decades. After that, we talk story with Mililani Ganivet and Marie-Helene Villierme from Tahiti about their audio-documentary podcast project Nu/clear Stories, which shares stories of everyday life and grapples with the legacies of the period of nuclear testing in French Polynesia.
The views expressed in this podcast episode are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect the policies or positions of the Pacific Islands Development Program or the East-West Center.